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...guarantee that during this period of transition you will keep control over the nuclear button...
...Absolutely, absolutely. Everything will remain as it has always been. Any alarming speculation, here or abroad, about who will have his finger on the button is groundless...
...that steps from a tumultuous gray sea backdrop through a slanted window wearing hiking boots, khaki pants and a red button-down? He is the same man who trudges around in dirty pajamas with socks falling off his feet for over half of the play in which he stars. He responds with a thumbs-up when asked "How goes it?" and sings a biblical quote in an Elvis impersonation. He is truly an unusual Hamlet...
...message is enticing because people are frightened about their standard of living. Yet whatever you may think about affirmative action, immigration and other "hot button" issues, economic stagnation is far more responsible than these controversial social policies for the sense of shrinking opportunity off which the David Dukes feed. When the pie isn't growing, people become more obsessed with their slice...
...very own high school--sadly, one year after I left--the principal decided to ban Levi's "Button Your Fly" t-shirts because as a man he was offended at the suggestion of genitals hanging out of pants. This was a major town controversy--front page stuff for weeks (no joke). Can you imagine stuff like this happening in Washington? (Aside from the Thomas hearings, that is. They were a refreshing anomaly.) No, everything there is served up as the same depressing hypocrisy. All we can do is watch the nation waste away and feel completely powerless...